Dutch Chief Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs called on the prime minister of the Netherlands to apologize officially for authorities’ collaboration with Nazi Germany in the murder of Jews during the Holocaust.
An uncommon sight greeted visitors to Tel Aviv’s Gan Meir park on Wednesday night: Several ultra-Orthodox Jews, mainly men in black suits, entered the city’s Gay Center, located within the park. On their way to a meeting on the second floor, they incurred quizzical looks from some young people who were waiting for an HIV…
DetailsAn Ultra-Orthodox eighteen-year-old girl was arrested last week by the IDF for failing to respond to draft notices, and was later forced to enlist.
Jonathan Pollard will be let out of jail after serving 30 years for spying on behalf of Israel, but he will still not be completely free – at least not while President Obama is in the White House.
Brooklyn, NY – Local watchdog groups are expressing skepticism over the DOE’s plan to rely solely on data provided by 39 Brooklyn-area yeshivas currently under investigation in determining whether or not the schools are meeting state requirements regarding secular education for students.
LONDON – Shomrim, a volunteer security organization that patrols areas with large Jewish populations in the UK, has drawn the ire of London’s police commissioner.
Jerusalem – The summer heat wave being felt throughout the country this week claimed the life of 18-year-old IDF soldier Private Dan Sela in Jerusalem on Tuesday.
Jerusalem – Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Aryeh Stern visited the victims of the stabbing attack at the capital’s gay pride march, denouncing the assault as “totally contrary to the Torah.”
A riot broke out in the haredi neighborhood Beit Yisrael in central Jerusalem on Saturday night, after large police forces used heavy force to arrest Rabbanit Yocheved Grossman, on suspicion that she knew the haredi stabber who attacked the controversial gay pride parade last Thursday.
‘Fashion is an instant language,” Miuccia Prada, the Italian designer and entrepreneur behind the iconic Prada brand, once stated. This sentiment has been echoed by many in fashion houses across the world, including one haredi entrepreneur in Jerusalem.
